Stump Removale

[BeeAmaker]

Last summer a storm split one of my trees in half so This weekend I am removing the stump - and it's a BIG stump.

The tree


THE STUMP!



I dug out the dirt and cut off the largest of the roots, as seen here


and used my garden hose to erode the dirt out from the root ball. Now I get to start digging out from under it and cut all the little roots - fun fun. Now if I can figure out how to hook the stump to a quad copter and hall it out of there.

[navkram]

an root balls make the best grain wood for wood turning, even small stuff like pens.. but bowls look really cool turned green and left to dry, you get some really interesting bowls.

[BeeAmaker]

And that is how you get it done.

Apr 27, 2014 0:31:21 GMT -5 navkram said:

an root balls make the best grain wood for wood turning, even small stuff like pens.. but bowls look really cool turned green and left to dry, you get some really interesting bowls.

I thought about that also. The stump is in my ditch out back. I'm hoping the rain this week will rinse most of the dirt out of the root ball, then I might try getting a chunk out of it.


My neighbors didn't think I could get it out. They first told me I need to higher a "professional" - then they told me to burn it out with gas (yeah right) So for the Nay-Sayers!

[jimustanguitar]

The last time I removed a stump, I put a really mean looking blade on my sawzall and went to town. The blade looked like what you'd find on a bow saw.

www.lowes.com/pd_27179-70-PC760R_4294607786__?productId=1208287&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=


I didn't want to dull my chainsaw blade or pull dirt into it, so the reciprocating saw was a better option.

[BeeAmaker]

Apr 28, 2014 7:07:32 GMT -5 jimustanguitar said:

The last time I removed a stump, I put a really mean looking blade on my sawzall and went to town. The blade looked like what you'd find on a bow saw.

www.lowes.com/pd_27179-70-PC760R_4294607786__?productId=1208287&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=


I didn't want to dull my chainsaw blade or pull dirt into it, so the reciprocating saw was a better option.

Yep, that's what I used down in the dirt. Those blades don't seem to dull